What is your party registration and how long have you been registered as a member of that party?

Libertarian, two years

Previous public offices you have sought/held:

none

Civic organizations in which you have been active?

anti-war movement

Are you using public funds in your campaign?

No

Do you have any sort of a criminal record or any outstanding civil judgments? Please be specific.

no

BREAKING THE ICE

What is the best piece of political advice you ever received?

All power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely (Lord Acton)

What character trait best serves a public official?

Honesty

What character flaw most harms a public official?

Dishonesty

What is your favorite book (besides a spiritual text)?

"Embattled Witness" by Bernard Haring

What is your favorite place in Arizona?

Rattlesnake Canyon in the Galiuro Mountains west of Klondyke

Which Arizona political figure past or present do you most admire and why?

Barry Goldwater because he tried to tell the truth

ISSUES

What are the three most important Congressional priorities you see for Arizona and how would you work to accomplish them?

Withdraw from Iraq and Afghanistan and our over 700 military bases in over 130 foreign countries except for those countries wherein a democratically-elected government requests our presence;
Eliminate the IRS and the income tax;
Invest in education, infrastructure and fundamental scientific research within America.

What are your views on Congressional earmarks and would you recommend such funding
in your district? Are there any circumstances in which you would favor earmarks for Arizona or other states?

An earmark is simply the allocation of expenditures already committed to. Would recommend such expenditures in my district (or any other district or state) when it was effective, economical and not wasteful.

What actions, if any, would you pursue to improve Congressional ethics?

Eliminate the outrageous Congressional pension program; change FCC rules to minimize media concentration so public officials spend more time working and less time kissing up to media powerhouses and play acting to an audience drugged out of their minds by mainstream media.

Are undocumented immigrants a net benefit or detriment to Arizona?

net benefit

What would be your top priority for legislation to deal with the problem of illegal immigration?

Eliminate our warfare state which prowls the world in search of enemies and invest the trillions saved in our economic infrastructure and in the education of our own citizens. Then the illegal immigrant "problem" will have been solved -- we will need more guest workers because we will have a healthy and vibrant economy.

Would you favor a temporary worker program to help ensure employers in Arizona and other states have the necessary supply of workers?

Yes

To what extent, if any, does global warming pose a threat to lives, property and the economy? What should the federal government do about it, if anything?

I do not know the full extent to which global warming poses a threat. Warming in Arizona will decrease growth in the Phoenix metro area and decrease our quality of life. The federal government should take the trillions they are throwing away on their Pinky and the Brain "full spectrum dominance" world police state fantasies and invest the money in, amongst other things, basic research on energy sources which will decrease global warming. The federal government can eliminate wasteful departments and services such as the IRS, ATF, CIA and HSA which not only exascerbate global warming but serve as impediments to an entrepreneurial, free and vibrant national economy.

Should Congress set a timetable for U.S. troops to withdraw from Iraq? Why or why not?

As soon as reasonably possible, starting now. The oil in Iraq is not ours. It is the Iraqis'. Ten Commandments 101 -- "Thou shalt not steal."

Would you favor withdrawing troops from Iraq to bolster U.S. interests in Afghanistan? Why or why not?

Get out of Afghanistan. We're not looking for bin Laden in Afghanistan, we are guarding the Exxon Mobil pipeline. We could bolster U.S. interests in Afghanistan by letting the Afghanis rule their own country and determine their own fate. Maybe then they would like us a whole lot more. Maybe they would even then let us have a pipeline peacefully. This is what capitalism and entrepreneurship is all about, creating economic growth through bargaining and trading within a mutually-beneficial relationship, not at the point of a gun. The latter is for thugs.

What should the United States do about Iran's nuclear ambitions?

Iran is a sovereign state. Israel, which has between 200 and 400 nuclear weapons (and the means to deliver them), is fully capable of restraining Iran, and our government knows it. Iran is just the bogey-man of the moment to marshall public support for our military industrial complex's excesses and burgeoning world police state. The Iranians are nice people, particularly before we overthrew their democratically-elected government in 1953, before we installed a dictator who tortured them and gave us discounted oil, and before we financed their neighbor (Iraq) in a war against them wherein hundreds of thousands of Iranians died. We should apologize to the Iranians and try to be nice. Why would any country with a couple nuclear weapons attack America which has 7,600 nuclear weapons, enough to destroy the world twenty times? Be nice. Make friends. It's not that hard. We are in the driver's seat. Our real enemy is the fear-mongering military-industrial-governmental complex and their ally, mainstream media.

What specific cuts in spending or tax increases would you recommend to bring the federal budget into balance?

Specifically, withdraw our over-extended, enemy-making and economically non-productive military from our over 700 bases in over 130 foreign countries. This will save a lot of money. These liberated soldiers can then join the real, private sector economy, designing, making and distributing products that actually help people instead of killing them or intimidating them. NO TAX INCREASE, EVER. The pontificating, pompous and delusional federal government and their ally, mainstream media, have gone far enough. Citizens should keep the fruits of their labors and not have to turn over their earnings to a bloated, overbearing and bellicose central government.

If you had to choose between increasing taxes or further increasing the federal deficit, which would you favor?

No tax increase. No increase in the federal deficit. The deficit is how we finance wars and unnecessary militarism. A deficit, because it is inflationary, has the same effect as a tax -- it takes wealth away from the citizens.

Would you favor a Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade? Why or why not?

Yes. But people will continue to have abortions no matter how many laws are passed. Laws will not solve this moral problem, just like Prohibition did not solve alcoholism. This is a matter of the values of society.

Would you support a federal same-sex marriage amendment?

I do not understand fully the legal implications, and there are many, and would investigate this further before I could answer this question.